PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jet Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Fillipovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Thompson
vs
Fillipovitch

183 cm
32
188 lbs
26 - 14 - 1

185 cm
24
221 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jet Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mirko Fillipovitch!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson walks into a jab.
Thompson lands a nice looking body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thompson checks a leg kick.
Thompson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Fillipovitch moves away and avoids it.

Thompson clinches up with Fillipovitch and pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Fillipovitch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fillipovitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Fillipovitch controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Thompson.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Fillipovitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fillipovitch lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fillipovitch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Fillipovitch avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Fillipovitch tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson tries a body shot but Fillipovitch blocks it.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Thompson struggles to land a body shot inside as Fillipovitch controls his hands.
Fillipovitch tries to circle away but Thompson has him pinned against the cage.
Thompson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thompson lands an uppercut.
Fillipovitch misses with the head strike.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fillipovitch has him pressed against the cage.
Fillipovitch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fillipovitch misses with a body punch.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Fillipovitch controls the action.
Fillipovitch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thompson lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fillipovitch throws a head punch that misses.
Fillipovitch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Fillipovitch misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Thompson on the inside.
Fillipovitch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fillipovitch misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Thompson.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Fillipovitch.
A shot in the inside from Thompson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fillipovitch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Fillipovitch swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Fillipovitch ducks right into an uppercut from Thompson.
Fillipovitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fillipovitch tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fillipovitch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Fillipovitch circles away.
Fillipovitch tries to land a front kick but Thompson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thompson connects with a single shot there.
Thompson checks a leg kick.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thompson tests Fillipovitch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fillipovitch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fillipovitch throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fillipovitch moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Fillipovitch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fillipovitch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fillipovitch connects with a solid leg kick.
Fillipovitch throws a leg kick but Thompson moved away.
Fillipovitch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thompson throws out the jab.
Fillipovitch lands with a kick to the temple. Thompson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Jet Thompson has been cut.
Fillipovitch needs to keep his hands up - Thompson had a free shot at his head there.
Fillipovitch scores with a jab.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Fillipovitch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson throws a right hand that Fillipovitch ducks under and follows up with a left that Fillipovitch also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a jab to Fillipovitch's midsection.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Fillipovitch's shoulder, as Fillipovitch tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thompson lands a glancing blow to the side of Fillipovitch's head.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fillipovitch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson tries to clinch there but Fillipovitch circles away.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Fillipovitch lands with a slapping head kick.
Fillipovitch avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Thompson thuds a left hand into Fillipovitch's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson is looking to clinch but Fillipovitch is avoiding it.
Thompson scores with a nice right hand.
Thompson scores with a jab. Fillipovitch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jet Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jet Thompson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Thompson misses the body punch
and Fillipovitch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fillipovitch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thompson checks it well.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Fillipovitch is just out of range.

Fillipovitch clinches up with Thompson and pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson gets through Fillipovitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fillipovitch's elbow.
Fillipovitch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fillipovitch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jet Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Fillipovitch fails to land.
Fillipovitch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson tries a body shot but Fillipovitch blocks it.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Fillipovitch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fillipovitch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fillipovitch swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson scores with a hook to the body.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fillipovitch feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.
Fillipovitch wants to land a leg kick but Thompson is out of range.
Thompson throws a body punch but Fillipovitch moves out of range.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Thompson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fillipovitch. Fillipovitch obviously looking to wear him down.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Fillipovitch's shoulder, as Fillipovitch tries to avoid the shot.
Fillipovitch is looking to land body kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thompson, as that shot connected.
Fillipovitch takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson misses with a hook. Fillipovitch ducked under it nicely.
Fillipovitch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thompson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Thompson as he connects with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fillipovitch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fillipovitchs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fillipovitch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thompson throws a body punch but Fillipovitch moves out of range.
Thompson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jet Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Fillipovitch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thompson with a jab.
Thompson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thompson moves out of range of the body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Thompson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab from Fillipovitch misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fillipovitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Fillipovitch.
Fillipovitch keeps Thompson at a distance using the push kick.
Fillipovitch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Fillipovitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fillipovitch cracks the inside of Thompson's front leg.
Fillipovitch connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thompson momentarily.
Thompson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fillipovitch misses with the combination.
Fillipovitch is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Fillipovitch takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fillipovitch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson connects with a body shot that sends Fillipovitch's belly button to the back.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Thompson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Thompson catches Fillipovitch right on the button with a cross.
Fillipovitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thompson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fillipovitch misses with a leg kick.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Fillipovitch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thompson is out of range.
Fillipovitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fillipovitch digs a good hook to Thompson's body.
Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Fillipovitch.
Thompson lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fillipovitch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thompson's calf.
Thompson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fillipovitch has time to react.
Fillipovitch lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mirko Fillipovitch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jet Thompson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - Fillipovitch finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fillipovitch.
Thompson swings for the body but Fillipovitch moves out of range.
A jab from Fillipovitch misses.
Thompson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fillipovitch throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fillipovitch is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Fillipovitch misses its intended target.
Fillipovitch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fillipovitch takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fillipovitch misses with a looping right.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Fillipovitch is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thompson rather than just go for the knockout.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fillipovitch stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fillipovitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Thompson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fillipovitch. Fillipovitch circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fillipovitch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fillipovitch connects with a body shot that sends Thompson's belly button to the back.
Thompson tries to move into range but Fillipovitch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thompson throws a looping overhand right but Fillipovitch ducks down to avoid it.
Thompson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fillipovitch throws out the jab.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thompson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fillipovitch misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
Fillipovitch is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fillipovitch swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Fillipovitch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thompson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fillipovitch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Fillipovitch has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thompson throws out a powerful jab.
Fillipovitch looks to land a body kick but Thompson moved away.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Fillipovitch.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fillipovitch misses the shot to the body.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fillipovitch.
Thompson digs a good hook to Fillipovitch's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fillipovitch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thompson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thompson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thompson digs a good hook to Fillipovitch's body.

Thompson clinches with his opponent.
Fillipovitch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
Thompson is working for takedown but Fillipovitch is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fillipovitch prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Fillipovitch.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fillipovitch's elbow.
Fillipovitch lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fillipovitch blocks an uppercut.
Fillipovitch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fillipovitch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fillipovitch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fillipovitch misses with some punches.
Thompson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fillipovitch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fillipovitch won't allow it.
Fillipovitch lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Thompson digs a right hand into Fillipovitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fillipovitch's gas tank.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fillipovitch scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Fillipovitch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fillipovitch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fillipovitch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thompson.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Fillipovitch.
Fillipovitch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Fillipovitch breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fillipovitch misses the shot to the body.
Fillipovitch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thompson throws a body punch but Fillipovitch moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mirko Fillipovitch.
I think Fillipovitch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Fillipovitch!
An out of breath Mirko Fillipovitch thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.